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'Just 30 minutes later I received a call to let me know one on my friends had died of cancer.

'She was the fourth in three years. I was so cross with myself for feeling such self-pity when I had a working body as I knew any of my dearly departed friends would rather have my working body in a second.

'For the Love Your Body calendar each model has a particular body part they do not like.

The women allowed their bodies to be transformed into a variety of objects or landscapes for the project

A leg becomes a festive tree set up for May pole dancing for the calendar

Proceeds form the sale on the innovative calender will all go to Cancer Research

'Our artist Leslie Arnold has created something very beautiful and now we all love our body parts. The self-esteem we have gained from this project we would love to pass on for others.

'It's about time we started beating this horrible disease. Everyone knows someone who has been affected by cancer and we need to eradicate it.'

Photographer Ben Browning, 21, said: 'I was really excited when I heard about the project. I hadn't done anything like this before but I have witnessed people affected by cancer personally and I knew it was such a great cause.

'I think the calendar has come out really well.'

These ornate flowers are in fact painted onto the canvas of stomach

This ice- cream cone is a painted leg while the dessert itself is in fact a buttock cheek

Artist Leslie Arnold was credited by the women who took part with helping them love their bodies more